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Search Thousands of Civilian Complaints Against New York City Police Officers
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Abuse of Authority: Stop
This page contains all allegations assigned to this category by the CCRB. Multiple similar allegations can appear for the same officer because a complaint received from a civilian can include multiple allegations.
Officers With Complaints
1,473
Complaints
1,701
Allegations
2,300
What the CCRB’s Conclusions Mean
Substantiated: The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. (Here is a breakdown of the types of discipline the CCRB can recommend. The NYPD can choose to ignore those recommendations. It has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.)Exonerated: The alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD’s rules, which often give officers significant discretion over use of force.
Unsubstantiated: The CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
| Officer | Rank at Time of Complaint | Officer Details | Complainant Details | CCRB Conclusion | Year Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Knight | Detective | Black male | Black male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Ruben Guerrero | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 32 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Daniel Kern | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 18 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Daniel Gukelberger | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Andry Duarte | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 24 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Angela Morris | Lieutenant | Black female | Black male, 66 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| James Dick | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Orlando Sanchez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Refused male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Patrick Cabrera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Patrick Cabrera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Dwight Powell | Police Officer | Black male | Refused male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Robert Salerno | Detective | White male | Unknown male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Elvin Gashi | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Jeremy Grossman | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Gary Capellan | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 53 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Donald Climaco | Police Officer | Asian male | Other Race male, 13 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Charles Cavallaro | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| James Donovan | Detective | Asian male | Black male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Daniel Watson | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 34 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Mark Brinadze | Police Officer | White male | White female, 22 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Carlos Nieves | Police Officer | White male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Frank Calafiore | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Timothy Brown | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Dominic Cappiello | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Ricardo Otero | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black female, 21 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Patrick Cabrera | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Leo Bonacasa | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 45 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Robert Schierenbeck | Detective | White male | Black male, 27 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Christian Salazar | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 59 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| David Mercado | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Rudy Anzalone | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Brian Benvenuto | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 52 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Wilmar Mejia | Detective | Hispanic male | White male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Juan Moreno | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 47 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| James Cleary | Detective | White male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Terrance Lloyd | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 29 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Jean Prinston | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| George Katris | Detective | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Daniel Ludemann | Detective | White male | Black male, 59 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| William Neville | Police Officer | White male | Refused male, 36 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Melissa Veliz | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Daniel Ludemann | Detective | White male | Black male, 43 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| George Katris | Detective | White male | Black male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Michael Catusco | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Stephen Barounis | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 53 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Jose Tabora | Police Officer | Hispanic male | White female, 20 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| John Ryan | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 58 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Jessenia Tabb | Sergeant | Hispanic female | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Dominick Vasaturo | Detective | White male | Black male, 19 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Tatiana Latorre | Police Officer | Hispanic female | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| James Williams | Detective | White male | White male, 26 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Juan Ortiz | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Ryan Galvin | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Christophe Zaleski | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 63 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Kyle Glueckert | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Christophe Zaleski | Lieutenant | White male | Hispanic male, 63 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Colin Sullivan | Police Officer | White male | White male, 52 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Christophe Zaleski | Lieutenant | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Michael Whelan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Julio Lasalle | Detective | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Nolan Lauterborn | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 12 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Eric Jordan | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 25 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Nelson Reyes | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 16 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Michael Mcdonnell | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Willus Murray | Detective | Black male | Unknown male | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Jonathan Mckiski | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Angel Gonzalez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 42 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Jessenia Tabb | Sergeant | Hispanic female | Unknown male | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Jose Tabora | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 25 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Asian male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Ronald Remo | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Angel Gonzalez | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 22 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Paul Chierico | Police Officer | White male | Black male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Peter Lazare | Police Officer | Black male | Black male, 33 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Hispanic male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Timothy Brovakos | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Daniel Song | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Pablo Taveras | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Alena Aminova | Police Officer | White female | Black male, 17 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Jaspreet Gill | Police Officer | Asian male | Hispanic male, 21 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Diery Louis | Police Officer | Black male | Unknown male, 27 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| John Mejia | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Black male, 49 years old | Substantiated (Charges) | 2015 |
| Jean Francisco | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 30 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Darnell Forrester | Police Officer | Black male | Hispanic male, 46 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Barbara Fischer | Lieutenant | White female | Black male, 33 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Daniel Staple | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 55 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Dennis Westbrook | Police Officer | Black male | Refused male, 33 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Andrew Beirne | Police Officer | White male | Hispanic male, 42 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Matthew Lombardo | Police Officer | White male | Other Race male, 19 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Jose Santory | Sergeant | Hispanic male | White male, 27 years old | Unsubstantiated | 2015 |
| Hariton Marachilian | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 60 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Mario Moreno | Sergeant | Hispanic male | Unknown male | Substantiated (Command Discipline A) | 2015 |
| Ian Gallagher | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Unknown male, 21 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
| Stephen Faber | Sergeant | White male | Black male, 40 years old | Substantiated (Command Discipline B) | 2015 |
| Michael Paulik | Police Officer | White male | White female, 31 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | Police Officer | Hispanic male | Black male, 23 years old | Exonerated | 2015 |
| James Slavin | Sergeant | White male | Hispanic male, 18 years old | Substantiated (Formalized Training) | 2015 |
About This Data
For decades, disciplinary records of police officers in New York have been shielded from public view. After the state recently repealed the law that had kept the records secret, ProPublica requested and received a database from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, which investigates allegations of misconduct against NYPD officers. The database lists the name of each officer, the race of the complainant and the officer, a category describing the alleged misconduct, and whether the CCRB concluded the officers’ conduct violated NYPD rules. Police unions have opposed New York City’s plan to make public data about disciplinary investigations. This database names about 4,000 of the NYPD’s 36,000 active-duty officers. Every officer in the database has had at least one substantiated allegation. We excluded any allegations that CCRB investigators concluded did not occur and were deemed unfounded. We also removed a small number of officers (62) against whom the CCRB had substantiated allegations, but whose substantiated allegations had not gone fully through the NYPD’s administrative prosecution process. The CCRB was not able to reach conclusions in many cases, in part because the investigators must rely on the NYPD to hand over crucial evidence, such as footage from body-worn cameras. Often, the department is not forthcoming despite a legal duty to cooperate in CCRB investigations. The CCRB gets thousands of complaints per year but substantiates a tiny fraction of them. Allegations of criminal conduct by officers are typically investigated not by the CCRB but by state or federal prosecutors in conjunction with the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau or the FBI. The NYPD’s own findings in cases in this database are not included here.
Read more about what we’ve included in the database and why, and see our answers to questions we have received about this data. If you have information about any of these officers or cases, please fill out our form.
All of the records in this data are from closed cases. But if you see an error, contact the CCRB. If the agency updates its records and lets us know, we'll do so as well.
The data used in this database is downloadable from ProPublica’s Data Store.
Source
This data was obtained through a records request made to the CCRB. It includes fully investigated allegations only for officers who were members of the department as of late June 2020 and against whom the CCRB has substantiated at least one allegation.